CONSTIPATION AND DEFECATION.

Consensus statement AIGO/SICCR: diagnosis and treatment of chronic constipation and obstructed defecation (part I: diagnosis).

Chronic constipation is a common and extremely troublesome disorder that significantly reduces the quality of life, and this fact is consistent with the high rate at which health care is sought for this condition. The aim of this project was to develop a consensus for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic constipation and obstructed defecation. The commission presents its results in a "Questio...

Consensus statement AIGO/SICCR diagnosis and treatment of chronic constipation and obstructed defecation (part II: treatment).

The second part of the Consensus Statement of the Italian Association of Hospital Gastroenterologists and Italian Society of Colo-Rectal Surgery reports on the treatment of chronic constipation and obstructed defecation. There is no evidence that increasing fluid intake and physical activity can relieve the symptoms of chronic constipation. Patients with normal-transit constipation should incre...

Constipation and defecation pattern the first 30 days after hip fracture.

Constipation is often an overlooked aspect of patient care and increases the risk of postoperative complications, can prolong hospital stay, increase financial cost and add to staff nursing care time. A prospective descriptive design was used. One hundred six patients with hip fracture participated. On admission, day of discharge and 30 days after surgery, patients' normal and actual defecation...

[Electrical induced defecation in constipation: are we running the right way?].

Rare complication after anterior resection of the rectum and colon reconstruction: severe constipation with obstructed defecation. Report of a case.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this manuscript is to verify the impact that some recanalization procedures for intestinal continuity could have in bowel function and quality of life. STUDY MATERIAL We describe a clinical case of a rectal cancer patient who underwent anterior resection of the rectum with colo-anal anastomosis, colo-plasty and diverting ileostomy. RESULTS After the diverting ileostomy ...